Question

Much like a computer, the human brain may retain traces of information even after being deleted. These memory traces are physico-chemical manifestations of representations (memories) in the brain. While their existence remains disputed, how might the existence of memory traces bear on developing new procedural and declarative memories? Why is this significant for understanding human cognition?

Answer 1

The existence of memory traces bear on developing new procedural and declarative memories by interwining with the new incoming memories. This ultimately influences the entire consolifdated memory as a whole. Thus while developing a declarative memoriy all theses momories repeat themselves as an episode or record lasting over one's lifetime. declarative memory exists in linked fragments in the network of neurons. This explains why the consolidation of memory depends on various locations and is divided in the semantic and episodic facts. This is therefore, important to undestand in the developing of new procudures. Declarative memory sometimes inhibit the procedural memory. Also, at times the procedural memory overrides the declarative memory. The interaction between declarative and procedural or the non-declarative memory is therefore significant to understand the human cognition to maximize the learning. This also facilitates the recall of memory.